FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 21 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GUIQUAN WANG, No. 08-72746
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-467-416
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 12, 2011 **
Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Guiquan Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum,
withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence,
Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition
for review.
The IJ found Wang not credible for several reasons, including his lack of
candor and responsiveness and his inability to provide details of his claim.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See id. at
1040-44 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the REAL ID
Act’s “totality of the circumstances”). Accordingly, in the absence of credible
testimony, Wang’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v.
Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
Because Wang’s CAT claim is based on the same testimony found to be not
credible, and he does not point to any evidence that shows it is more likely than not
that he would be tortured if returned to China, his CAT claim also fails. See id. at
1156-57.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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